Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
CARL SAGANScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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